Can you see me?
Chapter 3
"Partners in crime will leave their mark
We make our own way,
No thoughts of yesterday,"
-the legacy-
I drop my books on the counter and yell, "hey mom! I'm home!"
She yells back from the office, "How was school?"
"Good. Is Catherine back yet?"
"No. She has cheer tryouts until 5:00."
I sigh and walk up to my room. My sister and I are not quite a year apart so we are both juniors this year. I guess she could be considered popular by the amount of friends she has over, and the parties she goes to. We actually are really close, she never really talks to me at school but at home we are always talking about our 'exciting' lives. Or our main thing in common- our obsession over bands. I sit on my bed and plug in my headphones. I get my laptop off my desk before returning to my bed.
On Instagram and twitter I see I have a new follower.. Andy6? What type of name is that? I click on his twitter, it's the person from class today. He has a shit load of followers! Next I get on my phone to check Instagram, it's him again. He has a lot of pictures of himself. Woah. That's a lot of followers! Ok. Umm. Most of his pictures are of himself or of his cats. He has a bunch of batman related posts too? I'm way more social on the Internet than anywhere else, mostly I talk to other people who like the same bands as me. Never anyone from school or that I know in the real world. I do post some selfies, ones that I take out of boredom on days where I look ok.
I get a new notification:
@andybvb liked your photo.
It was one of my selfies. I was biting on my sweatshirt's sleeve and my hair was not as in my face as usual. It reaches the end of my ribs, naturally a dirty blonde. I have on a beanie and my dull blue eyes are reflecting the light, looking oddly shiny. The posters on my walls are in the background across from where I'm sitting on my bed.
@andybvb liked 6 of your photos.
All selfies?
@andybvb: I love this band!
I'm wearing an of mice and men shirt in the picture.
@andybvb: do you have kik?
@indiegirl13: no.
It sounds like a dumb username but my sister's nickname for me is indie girl.
@andybvb: :( can I text you?
@indiegirl13: no.
@andybvb: why not?
Ya.. Why not is a good question. Maybe I should try to make a friend. Be more social this year. I've never tried it. One conversation won't be so bad.
@indiegirl13: fine. But I don't want my phone number on here. So it's (555) 123-4321
After deleting the comment, I get a text from someone who's not a contact.
Andy: hi Indiana right? I'm Andy.
Indiana: k. Why are you texting me?
Andy: I forgot to get my history homework from my locker.
Indiana: bs! You can't get your locker open! I saw that earlier.
Andy: sorry, just is it so wrong for a guy to want to text a girl? :p
Indiana: ya. To text me.
Andy: is there something wrong with me? Did I do something to make you mad I don't know about?
Indiana: no.. I'm just not used to talking to people... Besides my family
Andy: aww you're shy! How cute! :)
Indiana: ? How is that cute?
Andy: idk it just is. What were you writing in all our classes today?
Indiana: is that why you were staring at me all day? That was kinda weird.
Andy: uh.. Ya.. Sure.
Indiana: a story I'm writing
Andy: oh cool! Can I read it sometime?
Indiana: no...
Andy: hmm.. It's not like 50 shades of grey or anything right?
Indiana: haha! No way!
Andy: good, hey could you help me with my lock tomorrow. I can't figure it out.
Indiana: umm
Shit. I don't know how to talk to people in person. I'll probably embarrass myself even more than this! It's worth a shot.
Indiana: sure
"Indie girl? Is it true that some guy was staring at you all day!" My sister squeals from the doorway to my room. As I nod she comes and tackles me into a hug on my bed.
"I'm surprised you even heard that. I didn't even know your friends knew I existed."
"They do... Ooh who is that!" She exclaims and climbs off of me to see my laptop. It's still on Andy's twitter. "He's hot!" "That's who was apparently staring at me all day trying to figure out what I was writing in my notebook. That's all." I shrug and close the lid before she can look through his pictures and tweets.
"Wait! He was staring at you! Oh my god!" Catherine grabs her phone and follows him on twitter, then Instagram. "I'm not telling my friends about him, don't worry. They would steal him from you without a second thought if they knew he was Instagram famous."
"What do you mean?"
She looks up at me deviously and exclaims, "he obviously has a crush on you indie!"
I shake my head, it's not possible. No one would ever have a crush on me. Especially since we haven't talked in person at all.
"Wait do my eyes deceive me?" She looks up from her phone, "you had a conversation on Instagram! You gave him your number! Where is the indie I know?"
"I'm still here. It was a one time thing."
"That sounds like you were saying you had sex with him." She giggles. I roll my eyes.
My phone has 3 new texts:
Andy: thanks! Oh I like your Instagram stuff, I'm giving you a shout out.
Andy: done. And a lot of new followers :)
Andy: Indiana? R u still there?
No! no! No!
I text Andy back
Indiana: what why'd you do that! I don't want people from school finding my Instagram.
Andy: neither do I. I block all them.
Indiana: I meant I don't want more followers
Andy: oh why?
Indiana: I just don't.
I hear my sister gasp. "He gave you a shout out! And I quote, "@andybvb, guys follow this girl! She's really shy but look at how pretty she is! Please? She's a friend of mine."
He said I was pretty? I open my own Instagram and look at my feed, I did get a few followers in the two minute time period that he posted it.
Indiana: really. Nice caption? She's really shy but look at how pretty she is! Enticing..
Andy: lol!
Indiana: my sister is now stalking your Instagram because she thinks your hot.
Andy: .. Oh
Indiana: she's also obsessing over the fact that I'm talking/ texting a person outside of our family. And that it's a guy.
Andy: well ok then.
Andy: oh wait! I though of a better response, She thinks I'm hot! ;)
Indiana: what?
Andy: I'm joking. Sarcasm.
Indiana: oh lol! Ya she has a boyfriend anyways so too bad for you
Andy: what about you? Do you have a boyfriend?
Indiana: based on what I just told you I think you know the answer.
Andy: so you don't?
Indiana: no of course I don't! Never have. Probably never will. Guys aren't interested in me. Not like I care anyways.
Andy: oh..
Indiana: what about you?
Andy: no I don't have a boyfriend. I'm straight...
Indiana: I meant a girlfriend!
Andy: oh haha! No.
"Indie! He so likes you! Look at this!" She tosses me her phone where on the shout out Andy gave me one of his friends, I'm guessing, said:
@chance44: is this the girl you've been texting me about all day?
@andybvb: dude! She's following me!
@chance44: nice. So it is.
We make our own way,
No thoughts of yesterday,"
-the legacy-
I drop my books on the counter and yell, "hey mom! I'm home!"
She yells back from the office, "How was school?"
"Good. Is Catherine back yet?"
"No. She has cheer tryouts until 5:00."
I sigh and walk up to my room. My sister and I are not quite a year apart so we are both juniors this year. I guess she could be considered popular by the amount of friends she has over, and the parties she goes to. We actually are really close, she never really talks to me at school but at home we are always talking about our 'exciting' lives. Or our main thing in common- our obsession over bands. I sit on my bed and plug in my headphones. I get my laptop off my desk before returning to my bed.
On Instagram and twitter I see I have a new follower.. Andy6? What type of name is that? I click on his twitter, it's the person from class today. He has a shit load of followers! Next I get on my phone to check Instagram, it's him again. He has a lot of pictures of himself. Woah. That's a lot of followers! Ok. Umm. Most of his pictures are of himself or of his cats. He has a bunch of batman related posts too? I'm way more social on the Internet than anywhere else, mostly I talk to other people who like the same bands as me. Never anyone from school or that I know in the real world. I do post some selfies, ones that I take out of boredom on days where I look ok.
I get a new notification:
@andybvb liked your photo.
It was one of my selfies. I was biting on my sweatshirt's sleeve and my hair was not as in my face as usual. It reaches the end of my ribs, naturally a dirty blonde. I have on a beanie and my dull blue eyes are reflecting the light, looking oddly shiny. The posters on my walls are in the background across from where I'm sitting on my bed.
@andybvb liked 6 of your photos.
All selfies?
@andybvb: I love this band!
I'm wearing an of mice and men shirt in the picture.
@andybvb: do you have kik?
@indiegirl13: no.
It sounds like a dumb username but my sister's nickname for me is indie girl.
@andybvb: :( can I text you?
@indiegirl13: no.
@andybvb: why not?
Ya.. Why not is a good question. Maybe I should try to make a friend. Be more social this year. I've never tried it. One conversation won't be so bad.
@indiegirl13: fine. But I don't want my phone number on here. So it's (555) 123-4321
After deleting the comment, I get a text from someone who's not a contact.
Andy: hi Indiana right? I'm Andy.
Indiana: k. Why are you texting me?
Andy: I forgot to get my history homework from my locker.
Indiana: bs! You can't get your locker open! I saw that earlier.
Andy: sorry, just is it so wrong for a guy to want to text a girl? :p
Indiana: ya. To text me.
Andy: is there something wrong with me? Did I do something to make you mad I don't know about?
Indiana: no.. I'm just not used to talking to people... Besides my family
Andy: aww you're shy! How cute! :)
Indiana: ? How is that cute?
Andy: idk it just is. What were you writing in all our classes today?
Indiana: is that why you were staring at me all day? That was kinda weird.
Andy: uh.. Ya.. Sure.
Indiana: a story I'm writing
Andy: oh cool! Can I read it sometime?
Indiana: no...
Andy: hmm.. It's not like 50 shades of grey or anything right?
Indiana: haha! No way!
Andy: good, hey could you help me with my lock tomorrow. I can't figure it out.
Indiana: umm
Shit. I don't know how to talk to people in person. I'll probably embarrass myself even more than this! It's worth a shot.
Indiana: sure
"Indie girl? Is it true that some guy was staring at you all day!" My sister squeals from the doorway to my room. As I nod she comes and tackles me into a hug on my bed.
"I'm surprised you even heard that. I didn't even know your friends knew I existed."
"They do... Ooh who is that!" She exclaims and climbs off of me to see my laptop. It's still on Andy's twitter. "He's hot!" "That's who was apparently staring at me all day trying to figure out what I was writing in my notebook. That's all." I shrug and close the lid before she can look through his pictures and tweets.
"Wait! He was staring at you! Oh my god!" Catherine grabs her phone and follows him on twitter, then Instagram. "I'm not telling my friends about him, don't worry. They would steal him from you without a second thought if they knew he was Instagram famous."
"What do you mean?"
She looks up at me deviously and exclaims, "he obviously has a crush on you indie!"
I shake my head, it's not possible. No one would ever have a crush on me. Especially since we haven't talked in person at all.
"Wait do my eyes deceive me?" She looks up from her phone, "you had a conversation on Instagram! You gave him your number! Where is the indie I know?"
"I'm still here. It was a one time thing."
"That sounds like you were saying you had sex with him." She giggles. I roll my eyes.
My phone has 3 new texts:
Andy: thanks! Oh I like your Instagram stuff, I'm giving you a shout out.
Andy: done. And a lot of new followers :)
Andy: Indiana? R u still there?
No! no! No!
I text Andy back
Indiana: what why'd you do that! I don't want people from school finding my Instagram.
Andy: neither do I. I block all them.
Indiana: I meant I don't want more followers
Andy: oh why?
Indiana: I just don't.
I hear my sister gasp. "He gave you a shout out! And I quote, "@andybvb, guys follow this girl! She's really shy but look at how pretty she is! Please? She's a friend of mine."
He said I was pretty? I open my own Instagram and look at my feed, I did get a few followers in the two minute time period that he posted it.
Indiana: really. Nice caption? She's really shy but look at how pretty she is! Enticing..
Andy: lol!
Indiana: my sister is now stalking your Instagram because she thinks your hot.
Andy: .. Oh
Indiana: she's also obsessing over the fact that I'm talking/ texting a person outside of our family. And that it's a guy.
Andy: well ok then.
Andy: oh wait! I though of a better response, She thinks I'm hot! ;)
Indiana: what?
Andy: I'm joking. Sarcasm.
Indiana: oh lol! Ya she has a boyfriend anyways so too bad for you
Andy: what about you? Do you have a boyfriend?
Indiana: based on what I just told you I think you know the answer.
Andy: so you don't?
Indiana: no of course I don't! Never have. Probably never will. Guys aren't interested in me. Not like I care anyways.
Andy: oh..
Indiana: what about you?
Andy: no I don't have a boyfriend. I'm straight...
Indiana: I meant a girlfriend!
Andy: oh haha! No.
"Indie! He so likes you! Look at this!" She tosses me her phone where on the shout out Andy gave me one of his friends, I'm guessing, said:
@chance44: is this the girl you've been texting me about all day?
@andybvb: dude! She's following me!
@chance44: nice. So it is.
Notes
I think that's longer.Thanks for reading! And thanks to everyone who has commented, rated, and/or subscribed!
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-C
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5/11/14